Keywords: 1853 Mitchell Map of Turkey in Asia ( Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Turkey ) - Geographicus - TurkeyAsia-mitchell-1850.jpg An extremely attractive example of S A Mitchell Sr ™s 1853 map of Turkey in Asia This map made when the Ottoman Empire controlled much of the Middle East covers what is today Turkey Cyprus Iraq Israel Palestine Jordan Lebanon and Syria Ottoman provinces are color coded and numbered An inset map in the lower left quadrant shows the environs of Constantinople Istanbul Surrounded by the green border common to Mitchell maps from the 1850s Prepared by S A Mitchell for issued as plate no 66 in the 1853 edition of his New Universal Atlas Dated and copyrighted Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by Thomas Cowperthwait Co in the Clerks office of the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1850 dated Size in 15 5 12 5 accession number TurkeyAsia-mitchell-1850 object history credit line <i>A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires Kingdoms States and Republics Of The World </i> 1853 issue Geographicus-source PD-old-100 PD-Art-100 Old maps of the Black Sea Maps by Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1850 maps Old maps of the Caucasus Old maps of the Middle East Old maps of Turkey 19th-century maps of Georgia Old maps of Armenia 19th-century maps of Azerbaijan Old maps of Israel Old maps of Syria Old maps of Cyprus Old maps of Lebanon Old maps of Jordan Sea of Marmara Maps in English |